La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli, Ar Tem, Ciro Vecchione
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli, Ar Tem, Pasquale Marotta, Carmine Pizzo
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli, Luca Nacarlo, Viviana Aprea
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli, Pasquale Marotta, Ar Tem, Carmine Pizzo, Mattia Piano Del Baldo, Ciro Pellacchia, Ciro Vecchione, Alfredo Turitto
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Luca Nacarlo, Francesco Di Napoli
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli, Viviana Aprea
La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas
Competition 2019
ITA 2018
by: Claudio Giovannesi
Claudio Giovannesi
Feb 12, 2019Viviana Aprea
The actress at the premiere.
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Feb 12, 2019Ar Tem
The actor on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 12, 2019Pasquale Marotta
The actor at the premiere.
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Feb 12, 2019Film team
At the premiere.
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Feb 12, 2019Carlo Degli Esposti
The film's producer.
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Feb 12, 2019Ciro Vecchione, Pasquale Marotta
Two of the actors in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 12, 2019Roberto Saviano
The author at the premiere at the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 12, 2019Roberto Saviano, Dieter Kosslick
The author in conversation with the Festival Director.
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Feb 12, 2019Ar Tem, Viviana Aprea, Francesco Di Napoli, Claudio Giovannesi
Happy cuddling on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 12, 2019Ar Tem, Luca Nacarlo
Thumbs up on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 12, 2019Claudio Giovannesi
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Feb 12, 2019Francesco Di Napoli
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Feb 12, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Francesco Di Napoli
The Festival Director pointing something out to the actor.
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Feb 12, 2019Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Saviano
The director and the author during the Press Conference.
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Feb 12, 2019Film team
At the Photo Call.
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Feb 12, 2019Ar Tem, Viviana Aprea, Francesco Di Napoli
The protagonists at the Photo Call.
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Feb 12, 2019Maurizio Braucci, Roberto Saviano, Claudio Giovannesi
The co-author, the writer and the director and also co-author.
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Feb 12, 2019Francesco Di Napoli
Smiley posing at the Photo Call.
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Feb 12, 2019Ar Tem, Claudio Giovannesi, Francesco Di Napoli
At the Press Conference.
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Feb 12, 2019Roberto Saviano
Press Conference.
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Feb 16, 2019Roberto Saviano, Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi
The winners of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay.
Competition – La paranza dei bambini | Piranhas – Closing Gala – Silver Bear
Luca Nacarlo, Viviana Aprea, Ar Tem
Alfredo Turitto, Carmine Pizzo, Mattia Piano Del Balzo
Pasquale Marotta, Ciro Vecchione, Ciro Pellecchia
Roberto Saviano
Claudio Giovannesi
Francesco Di Napoli
Nicola Serra, Nicola Maccanico, Carlo Degli Esposti (Producers), Francesco Di Napoli, Viviana Aprea, Ar Tem (Actors), Claudio Giovannesi (Director, Screenwriter), Roberto Saviano (Screenwriter, Author), Maurizio Braucci (Screenwriter)
Moderation: Vincenzo Bugno
Press Conference at full lengthSix boys race on their scooters through the narrow streets of their Sanità neighbourhood in Naples. Nicola, Briatò, Lollipop & Co. are fearless daredevils, desperate to make money like their role models, and wear designer clothes and the latest sneakers. These 15-year-olds use the city’s rooftops for assault rifle practice. They deal drugs and do not hesitate to use their weapons to take control of the neighbourhood. Their smart leader, Nicola, knows the rules: in order to get his gang into the game and quickly to the top, he challenges one of the old bosses. But whoever is in charge today may well be dead tomorrow. When his girlfriend causes Nicola to be caught between all fronts, he is forced to make a decision.
Neapolitan author and Camorra expert Roberto Saviano (‘Gomorrha’, 2006) wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his eponymous novel with Maurizio Braucci and Claudio Giovannesi. Portrayed by non-professional actors from the locality where it is set, this film provides a shocking portrait of a younger generation in a state of permanent war. These are children who are willing to deal in drugs, rob and kill in a world without a future, where money, power and survival are all that matters.
by
Claudio Giovannesi
Italy 2018
Italian
110’ · Colour
World premiere
Francesco Di Napoli (Nicola)Viviana Aprea (Letizia)Mattia Piano Del Balzo (Briatò)Ciro Vecchione (‘O Russ)Ciro Pellecchia (Lollipop)Ar Tem (Tyson)Alfredo Turitto (Biscottino)Pasquale Marotta (Agostino)Luca Nacarlo (Cristian)Carmine Pizzo (Limone)
The director, screenwriter and musician was born in Rome, Italy in 1978 and works in both fiction and documentary. His films have screened at numerous international festivals and have won a number of awards, including the Nastro d’Argento Italian film prize. He was one of the nine directors to work on 9 x 10 Novanta, a compilation documentary that screened at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. He has also directed two episodes of the television series Gomorrha.
Filmography2009 La casa sulle nuvole · Fratelli d'Italia 2012 Alì ha gli occhi azzurri 2013 Wolf 2016 Fiore 2018 La paranza dei bambini (Piranhas)
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